Published on 12, July, 2020
I have always found people hard to deal with and social situations and all the usual things I guess but also have problems with feeling too much. Almost like anything I feel is amplified and at times it's like walking into a room causes all the feelings of others to wash over me and it has felt like I could feel what others are feeling.
i now almost seem to have closed myself off and am, I guess, colder than I once was. Coping mechanism I guess
However this always confused me in that I suspected Aspergers but associated that with a lack of empathy. Looking at studies seems to indicate there is a school of thought that too much empathy May be a trait in some sufferers.
Does anyone else have these issues?
Yes. Statement made that is generalising trIts of autism when it's not always correct. there is a lot of misinformation out there, such as savant behaviour of autistics (as Hollywood seem to always suggest in movies) and the lack of imagination as was discussed in the thread you pointed out
not sure I am making sense. Just seeing how different we all are yet have similar diagnosis. A spectrum obviously...
firedragon said:It is interesting that even in specialist areas like this website that there is a tendency to associate specific traits into a generalisation.
Wasn't sure what you meant here? Do you mean the traits of Asperger's?
Thanks for the link.
It is interesting that even in specialist areas like this website that there is a tendency to associate specific traits into a generalisation. Not all of us have the same issues. I guess it must make offering help to become harder as we all need different help for different issues.
But I am not the only one who feels things powerfully. That makes me feel better :)
Found it: http://community.autism.org.uk/comment/24338#comment-24338
No apologies needed, I wasn't saying it as if to say you should have seen it, but to draw your attention to it so you could read the information (saves me explaining it too! ). I can't remember which thread it was but it was very recent so that narrows it down as this isn't the busiest of forums.
Thanks for those.
I have been procrastinating on exam revision and probably haven't searched the forums like maybe I should have so apologies if I am retreading old topics
See my username? Read up on the Intense World Theory of autism:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/article419.html
http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/02/intense-world-austistic-brains-create-42-more-information-at-rest.php